Moran is a native of Omaha and graduated in 1960 from Omaha's Westside High School and in 1966 from the University of Nebraska at Omaha, then known as Omaha University, with a Bachelor of Sciences Degree in Journalism.
Moran is a member of Westside High's Hall of Fame, inducted in 1994 along with former Nebraska and Washington Redskins football star Pat Fischer and Broadway and Hollywood actor Terry Kiser. At Westside, Moran was a forward on three varsity basketball teams and a 1958-59 teammate of actor Nick Nolte for the Warriors.
UNO has honored Moran with its Distinguished Journalism Alumni Award in 1980 and with its Distinguished Alumni Award in 1988. He was named as one of the University's 40 most notable graduates in the first 100 years of the institution in 1998 in a university publication entitled "Profiles."
Before joining the USOC in 1979, Moran served as the Sports Information Director at the University of Colorado from 1968-78 and in the same capacity at his collegiate alma mater from 1966 to 1968. He was named to the CoSIDA (College Sports Information Directors of America) Hall of Fame on May 23, 2002.
Between 1963 and 1966, Moran was a sports reporter and photographer at KMTV, Omaha's NBC affiliate, where he worked with veteran NBC Nightly News icon Tom Brokaw.
As soon as I saw journalist, and journalism, I figured that pretty much explained it. Nothing excuses this attitude though.
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